this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k)
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On Reddit we have r/dvdcollection, r/boutiquebluray, r/4kbluray, r/steelbook, r/vhs, etc but let's start simply with a community to cover all the forms of home video collecting.
So, do you feel nostalgic for a format? Are you looking forward to a release? Heard any exciting news? Want to show us your shelves? Then post away.
Elsewhere on the Fediverse:
- !bluray@compuverse.uk
- !boutiquebluray@lemmy.world
- !criterion@lemmy.world
- !laserdisc@lemmy.sdf.org
- !cultfilms@lemux.minnix.dev
- !categoryiii@lemmy.world
- !cinemajoy@lemmy.world
- !movies@lemm.ee
- !movies@lemmy.world
- !movies@lemmy.ml
- !movies@kbin.social
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Are they talking about DVD or Blu-ray or 4K Ultra HD? When people use DVD as a catch-all, any distinction around video and audio quality gets muddied, since you can't even know what format they're actually referring to.
If someone wanted to start a DVD collection in 2023 (as in the actual 480i/480p DVD format), I'd have the same reaction as the author's wife. Blu-ray or especially 4K? Go for it.
I suppose the thing is that you can't buy every film on Blu-ray, let alone 4k - I recently bought a bunch of DVDs because that was the only format they are available in. So you can set out to start a home video collection but getting stuck on any one format is going to mean you miss out.
That said, when they clearly refer to a 4k disc as a DVD, it makes my teeth itch.
Right, I wasn't saying you have to be a fundamentalist about it. I was saying seeking out DVDs exclusively in 2023 would be bizarre.
Maybe 5-10% of my collection are DVDs that have never and likely will never be released on a newer format; that's fine.